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r/AsteroidApophis. This is a sub dedicated to Asteroid Apophis. I became aware of this situation in 2013, since then information has been pretty slim as far as more and more details coming to surface. However, as we approach 2029 and 2036, attention to this subject is going to increase. This place is a safe space for discussion on the scenarios ...
The article sucks so I found the press conference where this was announced, and here is the link to where the discussion of this starts. To recap, previously the risk of the asteroid hitting us in 2068 was 1/150,000. What is crucial is a flyby in 2029 where the asteroid will also come really close to Earth, passing through a gravitational ...
ADMIN MOD. 5 years left until the Apophis flyby. On April 13, 2029, the 370 meter wide asteroid Apophis will pass less than 20,000 miles (32,000 km) from Earth. While it poses no danger to Earth, it’ll reach an apparent magnitude of 3.1, which will make it visible to the unaided eye. At ~2.4 arcseconds at its closest approach, it will be too ...
According to this NASA paper (pdf), Apophis will pass within 38x10 6 m of us in 2029 at a relative velocity of 7422 m/s . At that distance, the escape velocity is 4581 m/s , so all you would have to do is get rid of that 2841 m/s and Apophis would be captured (in an infinitely elliptical orbit). Circular orbit at that distance is 3239 m/s so ...
The estimate on the Palermo Technical Impact Hazard Scale suggests there’s a 1 in 150,000 chance of Apophis hitting Earth on April 12, 2068. An impact with the surface would release the equivalent of 1,151 megatons of TNT. Such a calamitous event happens on Earth around once every 80,000 years.
The Apophis asteroid was discovered in 2004 and has been monitored since then due to its classification as a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA), as it was estimated that it would have a 2% chance of hitting Earth.
On Friday, April 13, 2029, the giant asteroid Apophis will pass uncomfortably close to Earth (within about 23k miles, or 10 times closer than the Moon). Though won't hit us, it will be close enough that about 2 billion people (mainly Africa and Europe) will be able to see it with their naked eyes.
The moon is 1000000000000 times more massive than Apophis, and so will exert 1000000000000 times more gravitational disturbance on the asteroid than the asteroid can exert on the moon. The effect on the moon’s orbit will be negligible, but the effect on the asteroid’s orbit may be significant.
Apophis 99942 I'm trying to get my head around how asteroid Apophis, which is coming within 19,000 miles of Earth, isn’t going to be pulled in by our planet's gravity. It’s the closest a big rock like this has ever come to us during our time, and NASA seems pretty sure it’s all good.
April 13th, 2036 Apophis Asteroid Impact Event. During 11:56 PM UTC-4 April 13th, 2036, a 370-meter wide asteroid known as 99942 Apophis slammed into the atmosphere of Earth and collided somewhere in Northern Colombia. The asteroid's potential impact was predicted in 2004.